eMJA: Syphilitic perioptic neuritis mimicking papilloedema

To the Editor: Following the letter by Kitson et al, about a patient with asymptomatic ocular syphilis,1 we describe another unusual presentation of syphilis, with perioptic neuritis that mimicked papilloedema.

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